Tommy Sacco hit his first AAA homer tonight, giving him 11 home runs between Corpus and Sugar Land this season. Sacco isn't a top prospect by any means. Still, he's become a dependable organizational soldier, and as a result, he might sneak his way into the big leagues.
Balk-off! Ramsey David, Yeriel Santos, and Danny Trehey joined forces to keep Myrtle Beach off the scoreboard for 10 innings. David: 3 IP, 2 H, 2 BB, 4 K Santos: 4 IP, H, 3 BB, 4 K Trehey: 3 IP, H, BB, 5 K
A.J Blubaugh with 6 IP, 4 hits, 1ER, and 9 k’s to improve to 12-3 on the season. 3.70 ERA overall Quite an impressive season.
Fayetteville stole 6 bases last night. Some of those draftees have some speed. Drew Vogel has 10 SB in 21 games. Joseph Sullivan has 8 SB in 20 g. And Max Holy has an amazing 17 SB in just 22 g. Cesar Hernandez stole his 34th base of the season as well. Will Bush hit 2 HR and has been really really good since he got back to Fayetteville from a short stint in Asheville. I wonder if that assignment was to be near a certain coach to work on something.
Who's this guy? 134G 642PA 546AB 126R 172H 42DbL 12TrpL 16HR 92RBI 40SB 18CS 72BB 82K .315 .397 .524 .921
Aaron Brown was recently promoted to AAA, and his work in AA was interesting to me, so I took a look at his savant data from his most recent AAA start. He threw 86 pitches, 6 different pitch types working off of his 4-seamer. FB Sat 92 and only got up to 93. First thing that really stood out (aside from the varied arsenal) was his odd release point which is very high and in. He also has very clustered release points which would make it harder for hitters to determine pitch type. He only allowed 4 hard hit balls (2 grounders, 2 flies); very encouraging that of 35 4S FB only one was hit hard and that was a grounder. He also looks to have good downward movement on his curve. Not sure what to make of him. The numbers don’t point to all that high of a ceiling. I doubt he represents much Rule 5 risk but he will probably be in Sugar Lands rotation next year which puts him in position to reach the majors at some point in 2025. For now he’s probably a AAAA type but it’s always easy to peg a guy with middling stuff to be deceptive enough to work as a BoR guy or maybe add a tick or two as a RP and carve out a career working in low leverage. Dan Straily might be a good 75th percentile comp.
Yeah - he has the ability to be an impact player and in many different ways. No, he isn’t Joe Morgan - but he is that type of upside player in that he can run, field, hit - hit for power and with his bat speed - potentially draw walks…. Other names he reminds me of is Barry Larkin and Brandon Phillips. He has better power than those guys - but not the natural feel that Larkin had as a hitter. Morgan had to develop and understand working counts before he really was comfortable hitting. Phillips could hit but needed focus. Matthews is the top prospect in the system IMO and it isn’t all that close IMO. Matthews has a type of explosiveness to his game that is rare. He isn’t a sure thing - but guys with his bat speed, wrists and explosiveness usually are good to great with good health and focus. The bat speed doesn’t just allow him to drive balls inside - but allows him to wait longer to swing, and makes it a lot easier to work the count if he develops better plate discipline.
Man that AAA lineup is stacked: CF Melton SS Matthews 3B Dezenzo 1B Cabbage RF Leon LF Corona DH Hamilton/Hummel 2B Sacco/Kessinger/Bastidas C Salazar/Narvaez And should be the same to begin next season except Narvaez, Hummel, and Bastidas. Nice roster Brown assembled. The A ball roster will be stacked too. High A and AA won’t be as good but not empty.
Yes for sure. I’m not sure it’s been entirely positive. I think he did Dezenzo a disservice calling him up and running him out at 1B after only 16 career minor league games at the position and only ~150 total plate appearances in the upper levels coming off injury this season. Other than that it appears to be paying off.
Dezenzo is going to be fine, in my opinion. He may have a rough 2025. Maybe even spend a considerable amount of time in Sugar Land, but I think he will be better than he has shown and we will be looking back on a guy who started tons of games at an above average level, 6 years from now.
Maybe. One thing about this approach is you have to be willing to give guys a second chance as well. If you’re calling them up fast you know there’s a chance they fail. And you can’t hold that against their future development if they weren’t ready. Other than that I like the approach. Find out what you have early and their ability to handle adversity and go back to coaching them
Browns aggressive strategy might also must be a byproduct of Houston having a thin farm. Theres more opportunity for advancement because guys aren’t blocked by good prospects at every position and every level.
